speech, live here on c-span. next, mitt romney campaigning in ohio. after that, president obama talking at an ohio rally and the 1972 democratic convention. on newsmakers, the los angeles mayor, the chairman of the democratic national convention. he previews the convention that begins tuesday in charlotte, north carolina and talks about campaign issues. sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> i can only surmise, you know, there are a lot of cheap -- a lot of cages. >> i grabbed my cameraman and try to be important. >> i finagle my way onto one of the buses. the security council people seem pretty up sites. -- pretty uptight. are we the only ones here? the 99 bottles of beer on wall 99 bottles of beer ♪ come on, nobody? >> the french at the beginning of the crisis and here, we have --se belligerents fighters, >> it sounds to me like he is dodging the question. i walked out of my apartment in upper west side manhattan. nice place to live. i came out and i was greeted by a man who was very nicely dressed. in a well-made suit. waiting for me outside my apartment and he sa

lady michelle obama. on the second day, president bill clinton. the third day speeches by vice president biden and president obama. you can watch it all here on c-span. now the 1952 democratic convention and a speech from nominee and i will notice -- illinois nominee adlai stevenson. he was nominated after three ballots and gave this 20-minute acceptance speech. [cheers and applause] >> mr. president, ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my fellow citizens, i accept your nomination and your program. [cheers and applause] i have -- prefer to hear those words uttered by a stronger, better, wiser man than myself. but after listening to the president's speech, i even feel better about myself. [cheers and applause] none of you my friends can really appreciate what is in my heart. i can only hope that you will understand my words. they will be view. i have not sought the honor you have done me. i would not seek it because i aspire to another office. which was the full measure of my ambition. and one does not treat the highest office within the gift of the people of illinois as an

is the speech of george mcgovern in 1972. jimmy carter's 1976 acceptance speech scomprks barack obama from 2008. >> tomorrow on "washington journal" rob christian son from the "news news and political observer." the political dynamics in north carolina heading into the november election. that by susan roberts. and ryan butler discusses gay and lesbian issues. >> c-span's gavel-to-gavel coverage next week and online at c-span.org. featured speakers in >> we will build an american community again. the choice we offer is not conservative or liberal. in many ways, it is not even republican or democratic. it is different, it is new, and it will work. [cheers and applause] >> count your own opinion and connect with other c-span viewers. conventionhub@ cspan.org/ campaign2012. >> the start of mcgovern's speech was delayed until after 2:00 a.m. eastern time. he spoke for about 22 minutes. >> my fellow citizens, i am happy to join you for this benediction of our friday sunrise service. [cheers and applause] [laughter] i assume that everyone here is impressed with my control of this convention. my choice

americans. [applause] thank you very much. [applause] ♪ ♪ [applause] >> now krill senator barack obama's acceptance speech at the 2008 democratic convention. senator bomb won the nomination over new york senator hillary clinton. the race was so close that senator clinton did not suspend her campaign and endorse senator obama until june of 2008. the democratic nominee's remarks are about 50 minutes. [applause] ♪ [applause] [applause] ♪ >> thank you. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. thank you so much. [applause] thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you so much, everybody. thank you. thank you so much. thank you, everybody. thank you so much, thank you. thank you. thank you. ing thank you. [applause] thank you so much. [applause] thank you very much. thank you, everybody. to my great friend dick durbin and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation, with profound gratitude an

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